diff --git a/src/babel/types/alias-keys.json b/src/babel/types/alias-keys.json
index 91dad24193..bfcc752871 100644
--- a/src/babel/types/alias-keys.json
+++ b/src/babel/types/alias-keys.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "DoWhileStatement":         ["Statement", "Loop", "While", "Scopable"],
   "IfStatement":              ["Statement"],
   "ReturnStatement":          ["Statement"],
-  "SwitchStatement":          ["Statement"],
+  "SwitchStatement":          ["Statement", "Scopable"],
   "ThrowStatement":           ["Statement"],
   "TryStatement":             ["Statement"],
   "WhileStatement":           ["Statement", "Loop", "While", "Scopable"],
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/actual.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffb85d1812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+let a = true;
+let b = false;
+
+switch (a) {
+  case true:
+    let b = 2;
+    break;
+  case false:
+    let c = 3;
+    break;
+}
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..083caec726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.block-scoping/switch/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"use strict";
+
+var a = true;
+var b = false;
+
+switch (a) {
+  case true:
+    var b = 2;
+    break;
+  case false:
+    var c = 3;
+    break;
+}